Archives - 27 April 2017, Thursday

Something has gone terribly wrong on the cruiser Hue City's deployment. Seven chief petty officers on Hue City were punished by their commanding officer, six in relation to adulterous affairs, according to a written statement from Naval Surface Force Atlantic. Capt. Daniel Gillen, Hue...

WASHINGTON — Two American troops were killed and a third was wounded while battling Islamic State loyalists overnight in eastern Afghanistan, U.S. officials said Thursday, marking the latest in a series of violent developments as the Trump administration contemplates whether to escala...

An annual worst-jobs report has ranked enlisted service member as the fourth-worst occupation in the country — a step down from last year. CareerCast put enlisted troops ahead of only newspaper reporters, broadcasters and loggers in its 2017 list , which factors in salary, hours, stre...

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WASHINGTON — President Trump will establish a new accountability office for the Veterans Affairs employees and create a new task force to look for waste and fraud in the sprawling bureaucracy during a visit to department headquarters Thursday afternoon. The moves could lead to faster ...

WASHINGTON — The White House is giving the Pentagon greater flexibility to determine the number of U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria, in another move by President Donald Trump to shift greater power to his military leaders. The decision will give Defense Secretary Jim Mattis the authority...

But like the estimate that al-Qaeda maintained a small cadre of 50 to 100 operatives in Afghanistan between 2010 and 2016, the idea that the Taliban and al-Qaeda have only recently reinvigorated their relationship is incorrect. Al-Qaeda would not have been able to maintain a large cad...

WASHINGTON — Plans for GI Bill reforms this year are all but dead after a high-profile, emotional fight among veterans advocates in recent days over proposed dramatic changes to the popular benefit. The conflict comes after months of behind-the-scenes work testing the idea of charging...

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PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- The entire crew, including two pilots and one aircrewman, were safely recovered by USS Dewey (DDG 105) after their MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter crashed in waters near Guam. The incident occurred as the MH-60R helicopter assigned to Helicopter Maritime Squadron (HS...

Pakistan’s external account financing gap is likely to touch $11.5 billion by 2019/20 and the government may resort to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to avert possible payment default on foreign obligations, economist Ashfaque Hassan Khan said on Tuesday. Khan forecast that the...

Syedah Aasiyeh Andrabi and Sofi Fahmeeda were arrested last night (Wednesday) at 11.30 p.m. (1800GMT) from her (Andrabi’s) residence in Srinagar. She was arrested from her house under the Public Safety Act. Andrabi is said to the main separatist leader behind inciting women in the Val...

Satellites and mobile phones, built on international standards, help the world get connected. But the communications technology we use on land does not work well underwater. As water covers over 70 per cent of the earth's surface, NATO has sponsored research into establishing the firs...

The US military announced today that two American service members were killed a third wounded during a raid against the Islamic State in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar Province. The operation was conducted last night in coordination with Afghan National Defense and Security Forces. “...

In a letter sent Monday to the top lawmakers in the Senate Armed Services Committee, 31 members of Congress are asking leadership to vote against President Trump's Army secretary nominee. The representatives sent the letter to committee chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, and rankin...

After Desi Bofors (Dhanush 155mm gun), Jabalpur is likely to get the manufacturing unit for producing BrahMos, the indigenous supersonic cruise missile which is one of the world's fastest conventional missile. A team associated with the BrahMos project visited Jabalpur on April 25, an...

WASHINGTON — The senior U.S. Navy officer overseeing military operations in the Pacific said Thursday that the crisis with North Korea is at the worst point he's ever seen, but he declined to compare the situation to the Cuban missile crisis decades ago. "It's real," Adm. Harry Harris...

WASHINGTON -- The Department of the Army announced today the fall 2017 deployment of approximately 4,000 Soldiers from the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, to Europe, in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve. As part of the regul...

Hilton announced this week that they plan to hire 20,000 veterans, including spouses, dependents and caregivers, by 2020. The international hotel company, which is based in Virginia, recently completed its 2013 goal of hiring 10,000 veterans, according to CNN Money . Florida, Texas an...

Marine units have received an upgraded .50-caliber machine gun that aims to make firing quicker, safer and less visible to the enemy. Marine Corps Systems Command officials in Quantico, Virginia, released information Thursday about the upgrades, which include a quick-change barrel, fi...

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What's important to you and your military family? Make your concerns known by participating in the Blue Star Families annual Military Family Lifestyle Survey, which is open through May 19. Active-duty service members, veterans and family members are eligible to participate in the anon...

NORFOLK, Va. — A Somali pirate has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in attacking a U.S. Navy ship. Federal prosecutors said Wednesday that 31-year-old Mohamed Farah was among seven pirates who tried to commandeer the USS Ashland in 2010. The men had mistaken the Ashland f...

GROTON, Conn. — A U.S. Navy submarine has returned to its home port following a six-month deployment. The USS New Mexico arrived at the Naval Submarine Base in Groton on Wednesday. The submarine's commanding officer, Cmdr. Dan Reiss, said they traveled more than 37,000 miles in the No...

Commercial satellite imagery taken on 11 April shows that significant progress has been made in the construction of the first four Type 055 destroyers for China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). At the Jiangnan Changxingdao shipyard near Shanghai, where construction of the lead ...

Over the last few months, President Trump has given commanders in several countries the ability to order autonomous strikes, and seems to be very keen on delegating the nuts and bolts of military policy to military leaders. While a Secretary of Defense would ideally serve as something...

Veterans suffering from symptoms such as irritability, restlessness, hypersensitivity to stimulation, memory loss, fatigue and dizziness are often diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury (TBI) or both. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, a ne...

BEIRUT — An apparent Israeli missile attack on a Syrian military installation near Damascus International Airport shook the capital early on Thursday morning and raised tensions between the two hostile neighbors. The Syrian military said in a statement that the attack, which could be ...

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Kim Jong-Un's army readied for war as they fired rockets and torpedoes at mock enemy warships during North Korea's 'largest ever' live-fire artillery drills on Tuesday. Hundreds of tanks were lined up along the eastern coastal town of Wonsan in a show of military strength to celebrate...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service) -- Ten years ago this month, the fourth of five "surge" brigades arrived in Iraq as part of a new strategy to quell sectarian violence and bring a measure of stability to the country. The surge was launched in response to deteriorating conditions in Iraq...